Judo in Czechoslovakia

Judo in Czechoslovakia was popular. In 1988 Jirí Sosna was European Champion for Czechoslovakia and he won World bronze in 1991. In 1980 Vladimir Kocman won Olympic bronze in Moscow for Czechoslovakia. Multiple Czech judo champion Vladimir Barta became IJF Head Sports Director. He is born in Czechoslovakia. In 2016 Czech Republic had its highlight with the Olympic title for Lukas Krpalek, Coached by Petr Lacina.